Canelo Alvarez Quotes

I've always been told that if you spar with another man, you try and emulate what a real fight is going to be like. So you go hard. It's how I've always been.

I have fun when I fight, and I am going to have a lot of crazy moves.

I will look for the knockout because that's the way I fight.

Fighting is very physical and extreme and you're very vulnerable. It's a very mental type of thing.

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get.

One of the things I always tell people is that when it comes to fighting and fight week, then I'm there for one purpose, and that's to fight and get the hell out of dodge.

A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.

Every time I touched Ronda, connected a punch, I wanted more and more. That's why the fight was so fast. Every time I connected, I felt that she couldn't take it, so I threw more and only stopped when it was over. But it was good.

All of my fights, I try to end the fight. That's my style.

I'm a complete fighter and I'm not scared, I'm very willing to use every part of the game to get the win by any means necessary.

I don't have any ill will towards any of my opponents. I understand we are the highest calibre of athlete in this sport, and we will both go and give it our all. But I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I am saying: when we step into that octagon and we touch gloves, I am going to break his face.

In the ring, I never really knew fear.

I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.

My first boxing experience came at around 14. There was always confrontation in the area I grew up in. My mentality, I'll be honest, was if someone tries it with me, I want to be able to knock them out.

I spar in the gym, and I take pride in my sparring. But I'm a better fighter when the lights come on because it's right now - there is no tomorrow.

I love the sport. I love fighting. Fighting is my life.

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.

There's not a woman in this world that can beat me if we put on a pair of gloves and we fight. I've accomplished so much.

To me, fighting is special because that's what I enjoy to do. Every fight is a memory to me.

Bring the fights on. If I'm going to be the champ, I gotta beat everyone anyway, so what does sitting and waiting and holding my position do?

I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.

What it really comes down to is that I believe I'm the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and to do that, I need to beat the best.

I really believe I can knock anyone out in this world.